ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). Thanks Lee.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

The According to Alon Grinshpoon, co-founder and CEO of EchoAR: “3D content is now everywhere. Users are flocking to multiplayer 3D universes such as Fortnite and Roblox that allow people to interact with 3D content and use it to represent their identity – these are the new 3D social networks. 2) VR adoption.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The site is run by Mercy Corps , which intends to help “small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people.&# More than 1,000 matches have been made to date.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Some of the finalists were generating revenues already and/or have very promising strategic partnerships lined up. My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Mobile Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Mightyverse.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

Technical Cofounder 150

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

TokyoYuki Question: What about giving an added incentive to potential developers, in exchange for part of up-front fees, a percentage of the revenue generated from the app/program? 5 Google's Secret Social Initiative Delayed Until. That's my old keyboard (in the post image)! Saitek Executive.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

I talked to Adam Hempenstall, founder and CEO at BetterProposals , who has been using freemium for three years for his SaaS product: “Honestly, I think it was a mistake. This type of freemium is quite popular with computer games as well as mobile apps we come across daily. Free with in-app purchase. Semrush pricing page.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

If you want to supercharge your marketing and accelerate growth and revenue, you’ll love this guide. MobileMonkey’s founder and CEO, Larry Kim. According to Larry Kim, founder and CEO of MobileMonkey, “Facebook Messenger chatbots are the #1 growth marketing channel for the next +5-10 years.”

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Technology Live.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Some of the finalists were generating revenues already and/or have very promising strategic partnerships lined up. My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Mobile Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Mightyverse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

Technical Cofounder 150

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Now nearly a “double unicorn,” the company plans to use the new investment to further grow its business operations and expand its current suite of mobile applications. The creator economy has changed the way we, as a society, experience social networks. The company is projected to grow by a further 40% in the upcoming year. .

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). in net revenue and passes $0.58

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

The founder’s empty nest: letting go of every detail. | Social Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All | Web Strategy – [link]. Designing A Better Mobile Checkout Process | Smashing UX Design – [link]. The Bacon-Wrapped Economy – [link]. Kin – [link].

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Scalable Startup

APRIL 1, 2013

Simultaneously Alessio watched his father create a PayPal competitor and he wanted to make something more futuristic for mobile payments; he then saw a WIRED article “Kill The Password!” ” We compared notes and decided the timing was right for mobile payments without passwords leveraging advances in biometrics.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age. Thus began the 5-year dot-com bubble.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Internet consumption is obviously growing massively on mobile devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

For me it is a useful shorthand for a very clever set of product features that in my mind would be hard to remain a stand-alone business or themselves to generate enough revenue to justify the company’s existence. We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. It’s about 10 minutes long.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Sure, the revenue & margin will be significantly lower than traditional TV. It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Jeremy Goldman is the founder of Firebrand Group and the author of the book GoingSocial. Part of my job as a digital and social media strategist is following expert predictions, in order to better help my clients at Firebrand Group innovate. Mobile will continue to expand. Handwritten notes, phone calls, handshakes.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. This means there MUST be a technical founder in a startup. Adamac Attack!

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. social proof? Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. Follow McCann on Twitter @Mccannatron. Roberts also takes issue with the emphasis on ?social

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2013

She’s the founder and Creative Director at Xanadu, a mobile strategy and design consultancy helping to guide app developers to success in a rapidly-changing, often chaotic mobile ecosystem. This is a great distinction; so how can a mobile app developer know which of these is their particular problem?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2013

In 2010 the co-Founders of Burbn , a check-in app for mobile phones built on HTML5, raised $500,00o in seed funding for a service that was designed for quick mobile sharing between users. Specifically the sharing of photos between users in a new kind of social network. Well almost from scratch. The result?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

We also had Pritam Roy present Gomolo.in , a social network and online hangout for movie lovers. I could not identify a good use case for the database utilization, but I learned that the company makes money by licensing content and providing mobile value-added service applications to carriers. Fragrochem.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Get on the same page as your customers.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 20, 2020

The challenge for an entrepreneur is to get the company from default dead (falling) to default alive, with revenues that more than cover operating costs (flying). A classic but frequently misunderstood dictum for founders is that they should fail fast and celebrate failure. LinkedIn was not my first social networking company.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Of course, I’m a total social login fan, but at least offering your users a choice between filling out a registration form and signing up using their social account IDs seems like straightforward business sense. The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue—whatever business you are in.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

77% of Users Believe Social Login Is A Good Registration Solution… … and should be offered by any website, according to the same aggregated research published by WebHostingBuzz. The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue – whatever business you are in.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The founders were tired of having to remember all the precious tips their friend were giving them regarding restaurants, B&Bs, shops, etc. The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. this article: Dario Fornarelli: Tipsandtrip, un Taccuino Per i Viaggi Via Web e Mobile [.]

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

The difference between being a founder and a hired CEO – [link]. Mobile Payments Market Predicted To Reach $90B By 2017, Up From $12.8B Required reading for startup founders – [link]. 40 Well Designed Free Social Networking Icons – [link]. Google Revenues: $14.4 Forrester: U.S.

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